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A. RULLMANN, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

Letters Patent 1V0. 69,252, dated September 24, 1867.

IMPROVED MEDICAL COMPOUND.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

lie it known that I, A. RULLMANN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and iinprovedMedic-al Compound; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereofi whieh will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same.

Hy improved medical compound is made of the following ingredients:first, orange peel, from fresh and ripe Oranges, entirely free from thewoolly substance inside; second, cloves; third, Ceylon cinnamon; fourth,Peruvian balsam; fifth, ehemieally-purified spirit of wine, 95; and,sixth, ether. lThe orange peel to be cut in small pieces, in size aboutone-quarter of an inch, and, with the other-substances, infused ordissolved in spirits of wine, in the following proportions: One-quarterof a pound of orange peel in one gallon'of spirits of wine one ounce ofcloves in one quart of the wine, one ounce of Ceylon cinnamon in onequart of the wine, one-quarter of an ounce of Peruvian balsam in onequart of the wine. Let each infusion soak three to four days; thenstrain the same. From the cinnamon solution take one ounce, from theclove solution one-quarter of an ounce, from the Eeru-bulsam solutionone-eighth of an ounce, and of the ether one hundred and fifty drops,flIldJIllX thewhole with one gallon of the orange-peel solution; thenreduce the strength of the whole with water to 42. Clear the solutionwith wasted sugar, agitate it well, and the elixir is ready for use.

Uses.

As a preventive against any disorder to which the stomach is subject,and in particular when cholera exists, or before a sea voyage, twotahle-spoonfuls taken before breakfast and one before every meal in thecourse of the day will prevent all stomach sickness. In an attack ofcholera, three table-spoonfuls, and one every half hour until tlie vomitand cramps cease, will relieve the patient in'a short time, and cure himwithin twelve hours, and, zit) the some manner, sea-sickness.Intermittent fever, diarrhoea, bowel complaint, cramps, sick, weak, ordisordered stomach, oli'ensive breath, itching piles, worms, loss ofappetite, can all be cured in a very little while if the afflictedperson takes two table-spoonfuls before breakfast and one before everymeal, according to bodily strength, some patients more, some less.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The medicalcompound herein described, made of the ingredients and in theproportions herein specified. The above specification of my inventionsigned by me this thirteenth day of August, 1867.

I I A. RULLMANN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN Jones, DANIEL S. OLDS.

